Engineering Team Lead AI Python

As Engineering Team Lead, you steer a hands-on, high-impact engineering team delivering AI-powered features on a cloud-first Azure platform. You shape technical direction, mentor peers, and maintain close code involvement while driving delivery across Product, UX, and QA. You work with multi-provider LLMs to power product improvements and ensure secure, responsible AI use. This role blends leadership with engineering excellence in a fast-moving environment.

• Salary up to 100k
• Bonus
• Unlimited holiday
• Flexible working (London twice a week)
• Private medical insurance
• Pension and Life Assurance

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional Agile team of up to four engineers
• Balance development work with technical strategy and delivery ownership
• Drive cloud-first engineering on an Azure-based platform
• Develop and integrate Python/FastAPI services with React/TypeScript front-end
• Shape LLM-powered applications with multi-provider integration (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic) and agent orchestration
• Embed automated testing, CI/CD, and cost-efficient practices
• Ensure responsible and secure use of AI and real respondent data
• Engage with customers to translate needs into product improvements

• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
• Strong Python experience with modern asynchronous web frameworks
• Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications and prompt design
• Experience with multi-provider AI integration and agent orchestration (e.g., LangChain or LangGraph)
• Strong PostgreSQL skills; familiarity with MongoDB and Redis
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
• Adaptable in a fast-moving environment with a desire to learn new technologies

• Leadership and people mentoring
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Adaptability and learning mindset
• Python
• FastAPI
• React/TypeScript